Bed-lounge



(No Model.)

SQ A. HOLSTEIN.

v BED LOUNGE.

No. 479,071. Patented July 19, 1892.

. INVENTOR ATTORNEY SIGMUND A. HOLSTEIN,

OF CLEVELAND, OHIO.

BED-LOUNGE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 479,071, dated July 19, 1892.

Application filed March 5, 1892.

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that L'SIGMUND A. HOLSTEIN, a subject of the Emperor of Austria, residing at Cleveland, in the county of Ouyahoga and State of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Bed Lounges, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to a series of'beds adapted to occupya small space when folded and a receptacle, having outwardly the appearance of a lounge, adapted to contain and conceal said beds; and it consists in the construction and combination of parts hereinafter described, and pointed out definitely in the claims.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective view of the lounge as it appears when all its several parts are assembled together, one bed being partly withdrawn. Fig. 2 is a back View of the same. Fig. 3 is an end view of the back part of the lounge and its connection with the body. Fig. 4 is a side elevation of one of the removable beds removed from the lounge and ready for use as a bed. Fig. 5 is a transverse section, and Fig. 6 an end vie-w, of the same; and Fig. 7 is a transverse sectional view of the head of the lounge when swung back, as hereinafter described.

Referring to the parts by letters, A represents a box-body of the lounge, the top of which is upholstered in the usual manner. The head-piece a is hinged to the body and may be swung back when it is desired to use the top of the. lounge as a bed, as shown in Fig. 7. In this head-piece is a cavity large enough when closed to contain a spread ct, which is intended to be spread over the upholstered top of the lounge to protect it from injury. I prefer that the spread shall be permanently attached to the top of the lounge, because it cannot then be lost, and the top when closed and fastened with a book a or any other suitable device conceals it from view.

The back B of the lounge consists of a frame 17 and the upholstered part b, which is secured upon said frame. It is temporarily attached to the body of the lounge by two sliding bolts 0, or their equivalents,which engage with the straps c 0, attached to the back side of the lounge body. On the inside of the end pieces of the frame 17 are pivoted the legs D, which, when not in use, fold in out of sight; but

Fig. 5.

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when the back is removed from the body these legs swing outward against the side pieces, substantially as shown in Figs. 5and 6,whereby the back may be supported clear of the floor and used as a bed. In the back part of the back B is a receptacle, which is covered by a cloth flap W, in which a spread to cover the upholstered part of the back can be kept and concealed. when not in use.

The bodyA is arranged to receive and support a series of drawers E. Each of these drawers is merely a frame, in which a mattress e is secured and properly supported. It may also contain springs e, as shown in The drawers are removable, and when removed each is an independent bed. To the inside of the end pieces of each drawer-frame two legs D D are pivoted in such position that they may be swung up and wholly within the frame, whereby they offer no obstacle to the removal or replacement of the drawers. IVhen swung down to serve as legs, they swing slightly past the perpendicular and bear against the side pieces of the drawer-frames, whereby they are prevented fromswinging farther in that direction.

Three drawers of the described character may easily be contained in the body A without making the same too high to be useful as a lounge.

In the structure above described are five beds, each capable of independent use and all adapted to be assembled together and to occupy no more space than an ordinarylounge.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

l. A bed-lounge having a box-body and a removable back provided with folding legs, which, when disconnected from the body of the lounge, forms an independent bed, suitable means of attachment of the back to the lounge, and a series of independent removable finished beds in the body of said lounge provided with folding legs, said beds being entirely disconnected from the body of the lounge, both in and out of use, and adapted to be set up in different parts of the room away from the lounge, substantially as described.

2. A lounge having a box-body, a removable back provided with folding legs, which, when disconnected from the lounge, forms an independent bed, and a hinged head'rest proin different parts of the room away from the vided with a concavity for the reception of a lounge, substantially as described. bed-spread, a series of independent removable finished beds in the body of said lounge, SIGMUND E l ILIN' which are provided with folding legs, said \Vitnesses:

beds being entirely disconnected from the S. SHLESINGER,

body of the lounge and adapted to be set up E. L. 'lI-IURSTON. 

